Combination tweezers and magnifying device



OCI; `16, 1945. GI B, BRUSQLQN 2,387,054

COMBINATION TWEEZERS AND MAGNIFYING DEVICE Filed Nov. 5, 1943 .9 Wy. a

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adjusting device therefor. v

Needless to say, I am aware that the use of a'. magnifying glass in association with the probing Patented Oct.v 16, 1945 COMBINATION 'rwEEzERs AND MAGNmnNGpEvrca George B. Brustolon, Groton, Conn.

Application November 3, 1943.; vSerialV No. 508,855

ioiaim. (busi-204) I I 1 The present invention relates to a two-way or combination instrument characterized, on the one hand, by a pair of tweezers; and on the other, by

an associated magnifying glass and attaching and ends of the tweezer limbs. is not broadly new. It follows, therefore, that theprincipal novelty is in the construction of the parts or device carrying the magnifying glass and the waysl and means of adjustably and separably adjoining it to oneof the limbs of the tweezers. v

In reducing my idea to practice, I have evolved and produced a novel combination implement'or structure whichcan be used for a variety of purposes such as will readily suggest themselvesl to the mind of the user, the main purpose, of course, L being to focus the magnifyinglens or glass on the probing ends of the limbs so asto facilitate extracting splinters, dislodging blackheads and for many other uses which need not herein be explicitly alluded to. Y

More explicitly, novelty resides in the ways and means of joining and clamping the rod member of the magnifying device to one of the limbs of the tweezers.

A further feature has to do with the provision of a coiled spring and an adjusting nut fortensioning the spring,` the spring surrounding said rod, bearing at one end against the nut and at its opposite end against the aforementioned assembling and adjusting device.

Other features and advantages will become more readily apparent from the following description and the accompanying illustrative drawing.

In the drawing, wherein like numerals are employed to designate, like parts throughout the same:

Figure l is a side elevation of a pair of tweezers provided with magnifying device or instrument constructed in accordance with the principles of the present invention.

' Figure 2 is a top plan view of the arrangement seen in Figure 1.

Figure 3 is an enlarged cross sectional view on the plane of the line 3-3 of Figure 2, looking in the direction of the arrows.

The tweezers are denoted by the numeral 4. This part of the structure is more or less conventional and includes a finger grip 5 and a pair of resilient parallel limbs or legs 6, the latter ter- 1 minating in the customary probing terminals or points 1.

The magnifying device is separately denoted by the-numeral 8. lIt'comprises a rodor stem 9 screw-threaded at its inner end as at I0 to` accommodate-anut II. The opposite `or outervend is' providedpwithayoke I2 in which the magnifying -`tional manner. accordance with the invention glas's or lens I3 isswingably'mounted in a conventhe rod is swingably and slidably attached to one of the limbs 6.; The device employed for accomplishing this comprises a -cap-like member I4 which is ineiecta socket. This is provided 'in opposite, thatisf, diametrically opposite walls with openings or apertures AI5 larger than the diameter of" the rod.9. Sliiably mounted' in the socket is anapertured block. I6.v Thezaperture in this instance, snugly receives they rod and the block slidesin ythe *socket through the instrumentality of the'screw-threadedv stem IJ passing through` an opening inthe adjacent limb. The screwthreaded end ofy the lstem is provided with a binding or clamping nut IIB. The rod 9 passes through thebore in the slide block I6 and through the apertures I5 in the cap I I. By loosening on the nut4 I8 the bore in `the partIS aligns with the apertures I5 to permit. freedom of motion of the rod 9. That is to say, the rod can thenv be slid back and forth or rotated about the axis provided by the stem I'I turning in its bearing. By

taking up on the nut the block I B moves in a direction to bind-the rod 9 against adjacent edges of the apertures I5 and consequently lock the rod 9 against both swinging and sliding movement.

The numeral I9 designates the cushioning .spring which surrounds the rod, bearing at one end against the adjusting and tensioning nut II and at the opposite end against they capv I4.

In view of the fact that the rod is slidable longitudinlly through the openings of the socket I6 and the head or block I6 and the stem I'I is rotatable in the opening of the leg 6 through which it passes, the rod Slmay be disposed diagonally, as shownin Figure 1, and pressure applied against the rear end of the rod to press the rod forwardly in opposition to action of the spring I9 to an adjusted position where it will be firmly held when the binding nut I 8 is tightened. If the rod is thrust forwardly too far, it is merely necessary to ease pressure upon its rear end and the spring will shift the rod rearwardly. Therefore, the magnifying glass may be easily and quickly and very accurately adjusted.

As before indicated, the principal novelty is not in the broad .combination so much as it is in the specific combination especially the arrangement of feature shown in' Figure 3 characterized by ment of details coming within the iield of inven- 'tion claimed may be resorted to in actual practice, ii desired.

Having described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

In s device of the character described, a member formed with a transverse opening. a stem slidably and rotatably passing through said opening and having a threaded end 'portion projected from one side oi said member and a head at its opposite end spaced from the member at the other side thereof from the protruding threaded end portion of the stem. said head being formed with an opening extending transversely o! the stem. a socket member of greater depth than said head fitting about the head and having its inner end abutting the confronting side face o! said member, said socket member having its walls formed with aligned openings for registering with the opening of the head, a rod passing through the openings ot the head and the socket member and slidable through the openings, a spring about said rod having its inner end abutting the socket member, a tensioning nut for said spring threaded upon said rod and engaging the outer end oi' the spring. said spring yieldablyl resisting sliding of the rod through the socket member and the head in one direction, and a binding nut upon the threaded end portion o! the stem for drawing the head into binding engagement with the rod holding the socket member firmly against the said member.

GEORGE B. BRUSTOLON. 

